DESCRIBE FUNCTION to_utc_timestamp; DESC FUNCTION EXTENDED to_utc_timestamp; explain select to_utc_timestamp('2015-02-11 10:30:00', 'PST'); select to_utc_timestamp('2015-02-10 20:30:00', 'PST'), to_utc_timestamp('2015-02-11 08:30:00', 'Europe/Moscow'), to_utc_timestamp('2015-02-11 12:30:00', 'GMT+8'), to_utc_timestamp('2015-02-11 04:30:00', 'GMT'), to_utc_timestamp('2015-02-11 04:30:00', ''), to_utc_timestamp('2015-02-11 04:30:00', '---'), to_utc_timestamp(cast(null as string), 'PST'), to_utc_timestamp('2015-02-11 04:30:00', cast(null as string)); select to_utc_timestamp(cast('2015-02-10 20:30:00' as timestamp), 'PST'), to_utc_timestamp(cast('2015-02-11 08:30:00' as timestamp), 'Europe/Moscow'), to_utc_timestamp(cast('2015-02-11 12:30:00' as timestamp), 'GMT+8'), to_utc_timestamp(cast('2015-02-11 04:30:00' as timestamp), 'GMT'), to_utc_timestamp(cast('2015-02-11 04:30:00' as timestamp), ''), to_utc_timestamp(cast('2015-02-11 04:30:00' as timestamp), '---'), to_utc_timestamp(cast(null as timestamp), 'PST'), to_utc_timestamp(cast('2015-02-11 04:30:00' as timestamp), cast(null as string));